Clothes-drier.



Patented July 4, |899.

J. J. PELTUN.

CLOYHES DRIER.

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. UNITED STATES l ,PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH J. PELTON, OF MILES GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHESZDRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,211, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed March 8, 1899.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSIAH J. PELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miles Grove,in the county of Erie and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Driers; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable folding clothes racks or driers;`

and the object is to improve and simplify the construction and increase the utility and convenience of the device.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described,`and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1l is a perspective view of my improved clothes-drier as it appears extended and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the same as it appears when not in use. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

1 denotes a standard formed with a T- shaped slot or groove 2 and permanently fixed to the wall by the screws 3 3.

4 denotes a cast-metal base-plate provided at its upper end with a flanged tongue 5,which has a sliding engagement with the groove in the standard, and the lower end of said baseplate terminates in a toe or pawl 6, which passes through the groove and enters one of a series of lateral holes or oriiices 7 7 to support the base-plate in position.

8 denotes a semicireular bracket hinged to the upper end of the base-plate, and its bottom face is formed with parallel lugs 8 8' to receive the bent ends of the U-shaped brace 9, the transverse yoke portion 9' of which has a sliding engagement with the vertical rib 10 on the base-plate and with hook-shaped lugs 11 l1 on the base-plate a short distance below the upper end of said rib to receive the yoke portion of said brace 9 to support the bracket 8 in a horizontal position. 12 12 denote a series of integral studs projecting at right ansenn No. 708,256. (No model.)

gles from the upper face of said bracket and on which the inner ends of the finger-bars 13 13 are pivoted, the latter being retained in place by a retainer-plate 14, fixed to said bracket by the screws 15 15.

16 16 denote lateral ears formed integral with the base-plate to hold the fingers-bar Vwhen lowered.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lower end of the brace 9 is inserted in the hook-lu gs 11 11, which support the bracket 8 and finger-bars in a horizontal position, the latter being spread out fan-shaped to receive the clothes, as shown in Fig. 1. The baseplate is now grasped by the thumb-grip 17 and pulled forward to withdraw the pawl 6, and the base-plate and bracket carrying the finger-bars on which the clothes are suspended are slid upward in the grooved standard to the proper height and the pawl inserted in the orifice 7, placed at this pointin the'stand-- ard to support the parts in the elevated position. When the clothes are dry, the operation is reversed and the device lowered to a convenient position for removing the dried clothes. Vhenmot in use, the nger-bars are lowered and closed in together, as shown in Fig. 2, and the whole elevated so as to be out of the way. i

The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known to me; but many changes in the details may be made. within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States Patent Ofce,

1. In combination, the vertical grooved standard, the base-plate having a sliding adj ustment therewith and formed with the vertical rib 10 and provided with the hook-shaped lugs 11 11, the bracket hinged in said baseplate, the brace hinged to said bracket and engaging over the said lugs and the iingerbars pivoted on said hinged bracket, substantally as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, with the fixed standard 1, formed withthe T-shaped groove 2, and

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the orifices '7 7, the base-plate i provided at over the said lugs, substantiallylas and for its upper end with the flanged tongue 5, havthe purpose set forth. h ing a sliding engagement with the groove in i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said standard, and at its lower end with the my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 5 integral pawl G, arranged to engage the orinesses.

ces in said standard and rovided with the central rib lO, and hook-sllaped lugs 11 11, JOSIAH J' PELTQN the bracket 8 hinged to said base-plate, the VtneSSeS: finger-bars pivoted to said bracket and the i H. G. HARVEY,

1o brace 9 pvoted to said bracket and engaging J. F. PADDELFORD. 

